Cortis H. Garner
Home Town: Raleigh, NC
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cortis H. Garner, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt and Nauroy, France, September 28 to October 1, 1918. Attached to the headquarters of the 6th infantry brigade as a dispatch rider Private Garner repeatedly showed exceptional bravery throughout the operations of that brigade. During the engagement near Bellicourt he particularly distinguished himself by his prompt delivery of all messages under vigorous shell fire and bombing raids by enemy aircraft, riding day and night in all kinds of weather.
